From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 30 08:43:47 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA29466 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 30 Mar 1998 08:43:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from tornado.cisco.com (tornado.cisco.com [171.69.104.22]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA29451 for ; Mon, 30 Mar 1998 08:43:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bmcgover@bmcgover-pc.cisco.com) Received: from bmcgover-pc.cisco.com (bmcgover-pc.cisco.com [171.69.104.147]) by tornado.cisco.com (8.8.5-Cisco.1/8.6.5) with ESMTP id LAA24224 for ; Mon, 30 Mar 1998 11:43:08 -0500 (EST) Received: from bmcgover-pc.cisco.com (localhost.cisco.com [127.0.0.1]) by bmcgover-pc.cisco.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id LAA00654 for ; Mon, 30 Mar 1998 11:43:08 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from bmcgover@bmcgover-pc.cisco.com) Message-Id: <199803301643.LAA00654@bmcgover-pc.cisco.com> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: CD-R/CD-RW recommendations wanted... Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 11:43:07 -0500 From: Brian McGovern Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Well, I finally managed to blow out my HP 4020i after several hundred CDs. Its well out of warranty, so getting fixed may be an option, but its expensive... What I'm curious about is what people consider the 'best' thing to buy (and maybe some pointers to some less expensive places to get it) to replace it. I've been looking at CD-R drives, as well as CD-RWs (re-writables). Most of the places I've seen them, they're about the same price (around $600), therefore, I'm leaning towards a CD-RW. Basically, my "minimal" requirements are: - Be able to record CDs (I press my own custom copies of FreeBSD for in house use) - Must work with FreeBSD (I assume it'll automatically work with Windows) Otherwise, it really doesn't matter. I'm biased towards the HP drives because I've had good experiences with my HP. Comments? -Brian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message